I wouldn't say that. There are many Pros from outside of the US because they have sales from the US. Probably due to marketing to the US with links from the .com domain.

And many of them earned the status long before the minimum earning amount was $100 lifetime. There was a time when we had to have a certain amount in sales, three months in a row in order to become Pro. It is when I earned my Pro status. Basic level didn't exist at the time and neither did the lifetime earnings requirement. It was very hard to do a certain amount of sales 3 months in a row (one miss and ya had to start all over) but many non-US designers earned theirs during that time. So I don't think any are at a disadvantage due to the US cleared earnings only that has been in place since the beginning of the program.

I had that problem for a while, and after some back and forth, I discovered Zazzle has more than one database for members. You can be in one of them but not another, and I bet this is what happened to you. I've no idea if this will help, but you might try refreshing all the places in which you can sign up for email. I know there's more than one but can't remember what's where. Maybe someone else can give you the locations.

I got basic pro badge under my profile yesterday, I think this happens after reaching sales of USD100 (from US sales only) and cleared (about a month after sale date). I haven't received any notification from Zazzle, maybe this will come later.

You graduate to pro sometime after the payday that you become eligible/have been paid $100.

I have over $100 for *one of my stores* in "Earnings created over 30 days ago, thus cleared to be paid."

Is that the amount I should be getting paid, and when? (I haven't kept track of how many days it's been at that level, dammit. Is there a way for me to tell?)

Then "sometime after" I get paid, I may or may not get an email about being Pro, but the badge should show up under my name in my store? When?

If I should be asking Customer Service these questions, please let me know. I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around all this.

once you have cleared $100 in sales from the .com site in US dollars you are eligible for pro status and mine took about a month after that before I got my badge.

I think the email is supposed to come before the badge but I never got the email at all. Just one day I noticed there was a new section of the forums open to me and I had a pro badge under my profile pic and then I went into my settings and enabled my pro badge to show on my store too.

Adding: The same process happened when I finally leveled up to bronze.

Is there any way to tell which are US sales versus non-US? I have A LOT of sales now, and there's just no way I'd go back thru the years adding the US ones month per month to see if I've reached $25,000!

Is there any way to tell which are US sales versus non-US? I have A LOT of sales now, and there's just no way I'd go back thru the years adding the US ones month per month to see if I've reached $25,000!

I have not found such a sorting option on Zazzle. I think you will have to use the export to Excel option and then sort it in Excel (assuming you have Excel). I am sooooooo close to Bronze but only in Excel can I figure out just how close by taking out the non-US currencies.

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